Newly Offered: Cortez McDowell
LOI Faxed
- Joey Bosa
- Gareon Conley
- Evan Lisle
- Darron Lee
- Billy Price
- Jalin Marshall
- Timothy Gardner
- Jayme Thompson
- Michael Hill
- Mike Mitchell
- Donovan Munger
- Dontre Wilson
- Trey Johnson
- Chris Worley
- Corey Smith
- James Clark
- Marcus Baugh
- Vonn Bell
- Ezekiel Elliott
- NC State offered Jonathan Hilliman
- Northwestern offered Braxton Berrios & Kyle Berger
- Alabama offered Kalvarez Bessent & Chris Williams
- USC offered Mark Andrews
- Clemson offered Derrell Scott
- Illinois offered Marcelys Jones
- Tennessee offered Dante Sawyer, D.J. Smith & Josh Malone
- North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas & Rutgers offered DeShone Kizer
- Nebraska, Duke & Kentucky offered Jarrett LaRubbio
- Stanford offered Quenton Nelson
- Ohio State offered Cortez McDowell
- Michigan State, West Virginia, UCLA & Arkansas offered Myles Autry
- NC State & Missouri offered Nic Weishar
- @AllenTrieu: WR Drake Harris says he spoke with Urban Meyer, Brady Hoke, Butch Jones and Will Muschamp today
St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Joey Bosa is first to sign with Ohio State
St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Joey Bosa couldn't wait any longer, and early this morning, he finally completed the task he had been itching to complete for months.
Bosa was the first Ohio State commit to fax in his National Letter of Intent to Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer Wednesday morning, when he did so at 7:28 a.m.
Bosa, the son of former Dolphins defensive end John Bosa, committed to the Buckeyes last April and was steadfast in that pledge, despite being reruited by other schools. He is the Sun Sentinel's No. 2 prospect for 2013.
Ohio State or Mizzou? Elliott will choose today
The waiting will end today.
John Burroughs senior running back Ezekiel Elliott is expected to announce his college decision — choosing between Ohio State and Missouri — at a 4 p.m. press conference at his school.
Elliott has been committed to the Buckeyes since April but recently took an official visit to Missouri, where both of his parents were athletes. Since that visit, he has declined to do interviews with the media, making public comments only through his Twitter account: @EzekielElliott.
A 6-foot, 205-pound speedster who lives in Alton, Elliott is rated by Scout.com as the ninth-best running back and 47th-best prospect in the senior class, while Rivals.com rates him 12th among running backs and 83rd overall and ESPN ranks him 11th among running backs and 109th overall.
Elliott was the Post-Dispatch offensive player of the year this fall after he accounted for 3,061 all-purpose yards and an area-best 50 touchdowns in leading the Bombers to a 13-1 record and a third consecutive Missouri Class 3 runner-up finish. He rushed for 2,155 yards, averaging 10.6 yards per carry, and 40 touchdowns. He added 383 receiving yards and four touchdowns on 16 receptions. He also had 523 yards and another six scores on returns.
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Urban Meyer snags lightning-quick linebacker
Former NFL linebacker Ken Mitchell has no problem now being known as the father of Mike Mitchell, the five-star linebacker from Plano, Texas who's set to sign with Ohio State today, officially becoming one of many gems in the kind of recruiting class Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer always seems to put together.
Ken Mitchell also has no problem sharing his thoughts on why his son chose to play for Meyer at Ohio State. "Urban told us the weather up there in Columbus is just like it is in Orlando," Ken Mitchell said via phone this from his home in Plano. "He also told us it's only about an hour and half drive from here." He was kidding. Probably. Meyer's latest bit of recruiting magic culminates with today's National Signing Day, a holiday in much of the country and a day that Meyer has not only owned from a publicity standpoint, but one that's been a launching pad to his past successes. He's undefeated one year into his Ohio State stint, the bowl ban is lifted and the Ohio State program is headed full-steam in Meyer's intended direction.
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'14 4-star WR Johnnie Dixon talks Ohio State
Playmakers, playmakers, playmakers. Even the most casual of Buckeye fans know of Coach Meyer's immediate effort to secure "playmakers" fitting his unique offensive scheme. After finally exhausting the search for playmakers in the 2013 class, it's game on for 2014.
Among those early names being considered as Meyer's hand-picked playmaker candidates for the 2014 Buckeye recruiting class is 4-star wide receiver Johnnie Dixon. The 5-10, 187-pound speedster holds an early Buckeye offer, and, a little over a week ago, Coach Meyer stopped by his high school (Dwyer) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida to chat with him.
According to 247Sports' Composite Rankings, Johnnie grades out at a 90 overall, is ranked the 423rd best overall player in the country, the 55th best wide receiver in the country, and the 51st best overall player in Florida, one of the nation's football powerhouse states. I spoke with Johnnie, and we discussed Ohio State, his recruiting process, and many other things:
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New Smyrna Beach receiver James Clark signs with Ohio State
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Wide receiver James Clark, one of Florida’s most coveted uncommitted prospects going into National Signing Day, made Urban Myer and a legion of Ohio State football fans very happy on Wednesday morning.
Clark, who brought an enticing blend of speed, athleticism and academic success to the recruiting season, saved his decision as a secret – at least publicly -- for a National Signing Day signing ceremony at his high school’s auditorium.
In an announcement made for live television the 5-11, 170-pound slot receiver donned a Buckeyes cap. He chose Ohio state over Florida and Clemson.
“Ohio state provided the best opportunity to be successful on the field and for life after football,” Clark said. “It’s a place I felt happy at.
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Commitment status to Ohio State unknown for Orlando Boone punter Johnny Townsend
Punters do not normally dominate headlines on National Signing Day, but Boone’s Johnny Townsend is the exception.
Townsend, one of the top punters in the country, was expected to sign with Ohio State today but an unspecified issue, likely an issue as to whether an offer still is on the table, has arisen.
A noon press conference was called at Boone where Townsend was expected to announce his decision. Instead, he made a statement asking for patience and privacy as he still sorted things out. This came after his initial signing was delayed in the morning.
Townsend is expected to make a decision at 4 p.m.
Boone athletic director Doug Patterson said the situation is being discussed between the school and the Townsend family.
"Right now it's a personal matter between the townsends and Ohio State and they are woking as fast as they can to make sure that any concerns they have is taken care of," Patterson said."They really want to hold off on a binding commitment until they feel 100 percent comfortable with everytihng from the University."
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Ezekiel Elliott reaffirms his love for Buckeye Nation
Usually I wouldn’t redo a recruiting post but Ezekiel committed to OSU nearly a year ago and since then he and his family have become favorites of Buckeye Nation on Twitter. A few weeks back Zeke as he is known made a visit to his home state school and the Alma Mater of both his parents. This ruffled the feathers of some OSU fans and made most of them nervous. I never really bought the whole thing and just felt like he was enjoying the process and free trips. In the end he proved me right and today he confirmed to the world he is 100% Buckeye.
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National Signing Day 2013
“I promise you this. When I lay my head on the pillow at night, I ask myself one question — coach Meyer requires it: Did you beat Alabama’s corners coach today? If the answer is yes, good. Get up tomorrow and continue. If the answer is no, you’ve got to ask yourself, ‘Why not?’"
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Middletown’s Jalin Marshall talks Ohio State football
Middletown senior quarterback Jalin Marshall talked about his decision to play college football at Ohio State this fall during the GMC signing day event at Voice of America Park in West Chester Wednesday afternoon.
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Looking back on today’s National Signing Day
Moeller football coach John Rodenberg is very proud of what his seniors accomplished this season for the Division I state champion Crusaders.
During National Signing Day on Wednesday, Moeller took time recognize 13 players with college commitments at an afternoon school ceremony.
Wednesday marked the start of the NCAA signing period for football, field hockey, soccer, track and field, cross country and men’s water polo. The football regular period runs through April 1. The other sports have Aug.1 as the final signing date.
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The Bell Rings For The Ohio State University
It’s Ohio State !!
The long wait is over as at 10:08 a.m. today Ridgeland HS All-American safety/wide receiver Vonn Bell announced that he has committed to play football at Ohio State; The 6-0 190-pound safety/wide receiver chose the Buckeyes over Alabama and Tennessee.
In two years at the north Georgia school, Bell scored 31 touchdowns and led the Panthers to a region title and a state runner-up finish this past season.
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Top prospect Elliott sticks with Ohio State
LADUE • Ezekiel Elliott is headed to Ohio State after all.
The John Burroughs senior running back originally committed to Coach Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes in April, but the area’s top prospect made an official visit to Missouri in late January and left everyone wondering who he would sign with.
“I decided to take a visit to Mizzou, one last look, to make sure that my decision I made in April was what I wanted it to be,” Elliott said. “Mizzou really did a good job on the official, but I felt like I would be a better fit at Ohio State.”
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Pendleton's Michael Hill keeps his word and signs with Ohio State
PENDLETON — Last summer, Pendleton coach Paul Sutherland tried to talk defensive tackle and the state's top recruit Michael Hill out of committing to Ohio State.
It wasn't that Sutherland wanted Hill, who Rivals.com named the No. 1 recruit in South Carolina, closer to home or that he had add any affection for one of the in-state schools.
"My biggest thing to Michael was if we commit, that's it. Your word is going to mean something," Sutherland said. "If you change to somewhere else, that's on you. Once he made his mind up, met with him a long time, basically tried to talk him out of it because I wanted him to know the seriousness of it."
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Up early I see. Hope you have plenty of coffee, Gene. Gonna be a long day for you!
I'm ready!
Sad to hear about Taivon,but understand,never want to lose a commit,especially a kid that seemed like he really wanted to be a Buckeye.Getting Clark and Bell would definately ease the pain.lol
SCOTTC.
Trying to keep up here.
So Far these are the LOI's Faxed per Gene's List above:
Joey Bosa
Gareon Conley
Evan Lisle
Darron Lee
Billy Price
Jalin Marshall
Timothy Gardner
Jayme Thompson
Michael Hill
Mike Mitchell
Donovan Munger
Dontre Wilson
Trey Johnson
Chris Worley
Corey Smith
James Clark
Vonn Bell
Marcus Baugh
Ezekiel Elliott
Add the early enrollees:
JT Barret
Tracy Sprinkle
Eli Apple
Cam Burrows
Tyquan Lewis
Which Puts us at 24, We're Still Missing:
Johnny Townsend
Right?
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
You would be correct
Are you serious are you serious, that awesome baby!!!! Dickie V voice
That phone call Butch Jones received last night was indeed QB Joshua Dobbs informing him of his flip from ASU.
Welcome to Buckeye Nation James Clark!!!
Holy Cow!!! Clark and Bell,ALL BUCKEYES!!!
SCOTTC.
I gotta go....I might start crying......getting teary eyed.....talk to you all later.......love you guys.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
Can someone please find a way to zoom into those lists on the walls?
Im willing to bet a good amount that the names on those lists are 2014 and beyond.
Coach Coombs mid fist pump!
Coach Coombs mid awesomeness!
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
Jacobs is officially out
Wow! Looking at our D....I actually HOPE we meet Bama in the NCG this year or next.....I would be a little disappointed if we get to the NCG and it's not to face off with Bama.
I actually HOPE Morris and Green are studs.....studs don't scare me anymore.....not with this D.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
Kerry is pumped
Dude, I almost got choked up again....stop it Gene!!!! :)
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
So just two remain right? Elliot and Townsend? I know Elliot is at 4:00. When is Townsend sending his LOI in? What's taking so long?
On another thread TNBuckeye suggested he was punting it up from florida 45 yards at a time LOL.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
coombs might just become my favorite assistant coach ever.
Man...Coombs fires me up....from seeing him when they played nebraska...running into someone on the sideline when Brown ran the punt back....to his dance on the field after purdue....that dude is so intense...absolutely is incredible.
The greatest thing about that gif is that it shows the coaches are just like us. Anticipation and excitement all around that room. I really was under the impression these coaches would find out before the person announces their commitment but this proves these guys didn't know where Bell was going until that moment. Urban may have known but he didn't let them in on the secret. That excitement was genuine. Favorite gif ever!
Well according to VolsInsider or whatever, he leaked the information to everyone except his assistants apparently.
I'm convinced Jacobs left due to the competition that's been signed. No recruit will come out & say Wow, I can't compete there. Hence the story about staying close to home to be there for his daughter. We all were so gullible..... for a day. The icing on the cake will be added at 5 with EZE! Holy cow what a class! The bar has been set to new heights!
How good does it feel to be a Buckeye?? Go Bucks!
Reports that Townsend may flip to Bama.. I'll lose my shit if he does.
Intresting... Not sure what to think about this
If he goes, that's pretty low.
Agreed. I hope he let the staff know much earlier (days or even weeks), but I get based on the feeling that they never put out an offer to another Kicker/Punter that they were as blindsided by this as we are.
I really try to stay out of talking to recruit's character, but Townsend abandoning his class on Signing Day literally leaves them hanging out to dry. It's almost like working retail, and bolting without any notice right before the Holiday Season starts. Of course, most people don't realize the implications of their actions, but still--it's pretty low.
Unless due to numbers the offer has been changed to gray shirt, as has been speculated (just rumors I have read, no confirmations).
Also, supposedly there's a walk-on puner the staff is high on, Kevin Niehoff.
Well, if that's the case than it was a pretty low blow by us.
Im okay with any walk-on that the staff is high on.
It's cool either way......We don't plan on punting anytime soon!
#EZE #Marshall #Wilson #Clark
Townsend pushed his signing back to 4pm
if this is true, there's no way Bama actually has room for Townsend, but we all know they'll make room.
As will we
We've got 2 incredible skill position guys in the last two days and a 5 star safety. The only thing left that we can worry about is a punter ;)
Oh how beautiful these times are
Ceremony is off, will just sign and fax at the AD office
TO WHOM??
Johnny Puntball
Think he meant who will he be faxing to, OSU or Bama?
In that case, we'll all find out at the same time
Epitropilous was a pretty good punter too, from what I understand.
-The Aristocrats!
Yeah, but he's no Johnny Townsend.
Not gonna get too crazy over a special teams player,either way!! Good luck to him if he goes elsewhere.
SCOTTC.
If we switched his offer to a Grey Shirt, that's a low blow by us. I'd leave on signing day too if I the staff all of a sudden said "hey, you don't have an actual scholarship this year."
On the other hand if he has a scholly still and didn't inform the staff he would be decommitting until now, that's just as a low on his part
Hope its all rumors and he signs here on scholarship
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
The number 82 is what the hold up with Townsend is. Signing day isnt over still got a few weeks to sign and move current kids around.
Can I just say -- the interviewer kind of lead him in that direction with the OSU vs SEC country questions -- but I LOVEDDDDDD Vonn Bell's willingness to say, "Hey, we're gonna compete with Bama. We'll face them for the Crystal Ball next year!" OSU knows who their competition is, and they aren't afraid to call them out by name! That gets me PUMPED. Refreshingly honest!
Added a link for the EzE announcement so in case you guys wanna watch it live
Without Townsend, minus a 3*, it increases the Star value of Ohio States class. ;)
Alabama always has room for a 3-Star at the last minute. Someone else gets a grayshirt.
FWIW: Coach Drayton was asked about Elliott, although his name was not discussed, during his portion of the presser, and he said he feels very good about things.
Today was a great day
Agreed 100%! Good day to be a Buckeye!
Best signing day ever! 3/3 on our last targets and eZe stayed. I feel like singing in the rain right now.
Wonderfully done article over on LGHL on our 2013 Class, I encourage all to read. Last article in my Quick Bits.
I read on twitter that Townsend still had a full scholarship offer. Can't remember who tweeted it and I'm too lazy to go looking for it but I definitely read that a little bit ago.
Thank you fine gentleman
Anybody have a link for EzE's announcement?
Here's the link to Eze's announcement.
Wow, that really took a lot out of him. He is a great kid, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him in Columbus. Excellent way to cap an incredible day for the Bucks, that's for sure.
He seems like a great kid and that was really hard for him. I have a lot of respect for him after seeing that
EZE's dad gave it away with the gray suit & scarlet tie
I noticed that too.
But Vonn Bell wore a yellow shirt during his announcement. Not exactly Tennessee's shade but still noticed it and couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. Really glad they both picked the good guys (and not "the university of ohio state). Go bucks.
Hey as long as they sign on the dotted line, I don't care if they call it the University of Ohio State. I'm glad we got Dontre.
So did we lose townsend or is he still deciding?
Still deciding
Didnt lose him still have to find a spot for him. The staff felt good about the 3 we got going in to today and the 3 'blind mice' that re-affirmed but didnt think theyd bat 1000 with that group. In their eyes were at 83 and have to find a way to get to 82 to get Johnny in. With what theyve pulled in the last week im not doubting they WILL find a way :)
Vonn rockin' a Malcolm X Easter Speech look. Looked sharp.
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Anybody have a link to James Clark announcment? Would love to see that...
Here's an article on James Clark from the Daytona Beach News Journal, right next to New Smyrna Beach
http://m.news-journalonline.com/fullStory.aspx?feed=http%3a%2f%2fnews-jo...
Thanks DMC
Cortez McDowell has been offered, and YouTube seems to be having some embedding issues, not sure if anyone is having problems viewing the vids
Seems going to flash instead of iframe is fixing the issue, sorry for any inconvenience
Gene you never need to apologize to us big guy :)
Updated again
Added another vid includes Corey Smith